Re: [PATCH ghak25 v4 3/3] audit: add subj creds to NETFILTER_CFG record to cover async unregister

[Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>]

On 2020-04-28 18:25, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 5:40 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Some table unregister actions seem to be initiated by the kernel to
> > garbage collect unused tables that are not initiated by any userspace
> > actions.  It was found to be necessary to add the subject credentials to
> > cover this case to reveal the source of these actions.  A sample record:
> >
> >   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-03-11 21:25:21.491:269) : table=nat family=bridge entries=0 op=unregister pid=153 uid=root auid=unset tty=(none) ses=unset subj=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 comm=kworker/u4:2 exe=(null)
> 
> [I'm going to comment up here instead of in the code because it is a
> bit easier for everyone to see what the actual impact might be on the
> records.]
> 
> Steve wants subject info in this case, okay, but let's try to trim out
> some of the fields which simply don't make sense in this record; I'm
> thinking of fields that are unset/empty in the kernel case and are
> duplicates of other records in the userspace/syscall case.  I think
> that means we can drop "tty", "ses", "comm", and "exe" ... yes?
> 
> While "auid" is a potential target for removal based on the
> dup-or-unset criteria, I think it falls under Steve's request for
> subject info here, even if it is garbage in this case.

Can you explain why auid falls under this criteria but ses does not if
both are unset?  If auid is unset then we know ses is unset?  If subj
contains *:kernel_t:* then uid can also be dropped even though it is
set, no?  I figure if we are going to start dropping fields, might as
well drop enough to make it worth the effort, even though this is a rare
event.

As for searchability, I have solved that easily in the parser.

> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/auditsc.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > index d281c18d1771..d7a45b181be0 100644
> > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > @@ -2557,12 +2557,30 @@ void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
> >                        enum audit_nfcfgop op)
> >  {
> >         struct audit_buffer *ab;
> > +       const struct cred *cred;
> > +       struct tty_struct *tty;
> > +       char comm[sizeof(current->comm)];
> >
> >         ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG);
> >         if (!ab)
> >                 return;
> >         audit_log_format(ab, "table=%s family=%u entries=%u op=%s",
> >                          name, af, nentries, audit_nfcfgs[op].s);
> > +
> > +       cred = current_cred();
> > +       tty = audit_get_tty();
> > +       audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%u uid=%u auid=%u tty=%s ses=%u",
> > +                        task_pid_nr(current),
> > +                        from_kuid(&init_user_ns, cred->uid),
> > +                        from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current)),
> > +                        tty ? tty_name(tty) : "(none)",
> > +                        audit_get_sessionid(current));
> > +       audit_put_tty(tty);
> > +       audit_log_task_context(ab); /* subj= */
> > +       audit_log_format(ab, " comm=");
> > +       audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, get_task_comm(comm, current));
> > +       audit_log_d_path_exe(ab, current->mm); /* exe= */
> > +
> >         audit_log_end(ab);
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__audit_log_nfcfg);
> 
> paul moore

- RGB

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